How to poke USB IDs to kernel driver

Hi,

I have an FTDI USB to RS232 converter, but it is not detected and the driver is not loaded because the vendor uses his own vendor and device ID's. I wonder if it possible to poke the ID's to the kernel driver so that the converter is detected.

Actually it is an FTDI USB to RS232 cable for an FT857 ham radio transceiver but the maker uses his own vendor and device ID's which are unknown to the kernel. The driver would normally be ftdi_sio. dmesg shows the following for disconnect/connect: